Radiation-induced hypoplasia of the teeth and mandible. A case report

Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol. 1994 Sep;78(3):382-4. doi: 10.1016/0030-4220(94)90072-8.

Abstract

Hypoplasia of the mandible and teeth is reported in a 4-year-old boy who had cystic hygroma. At age 7 months he had been treated with 60Co-gamma-radiation (24 Gy to the head and neck, 45 Gy to the mediastinum) followed by surgery. Panoramic and periapical radiographs showed hypoplasia of the roots of the primary canines, molars, and permanent teeth and no evidence of tooth germs. The patient was followed up to age 13 years.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Bone Development / radiation effects
  • Child, Preschool
  • Cranial Irradiation / adverse effects*
  • Head and Neck Neoplasms / radiotherapy
  • Humans
  • Lymphangioma, Cystic / radiotherapy
  • Male
  • Mandible / pathology
  • Mandible / radiation effects
  • Mediastinal Neoplasms / radiotherapy
  • Odontogenesis / radiation effects*
  • Radiation Injuries / etiology*
  • Tooth Root / pathology
  • Tooth Root / radiation effects*